Legal Complaint against EU Financial Complicity in Illegal Push-Backs to Libya

The EU should suspend funding for its program to stem migration from Libya because the program breaches EU budgetary laws and international human rights law, the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) and the Italian Recreational and Cultural Association (ARCI) argued in a legal complaint filed today to the European Court of Auditors.

FRONTEX in Double Crisis?

Bei einer Anhörung durch den Senatsausschuss für europäische Angelegenheiten hat Frontex-Chef Fabrice Leggerie darauf hingewiesen, dass Frontex derzeit eine doppelte Krise bewältigen müsse: die gesundheitliche Krise mit den durch die Covid-19-Epidemie auferlegten Kontrollen und die geopolitische Krise mit dem Migrationsdruck, den die Türkei auf die Europäische Union ausübt.

Borders in Times of Pandemic

A pandemic is never just a pandemic. Over the past few weeks, it has become evident how the spread and impact of the novel Coronavirus is profoundly shaped by social and political practices – such as tourism and travel – institutions – such as governments and their advisors – and structures – such as inequalities along the lines of class, race and gender.